Washing-machine



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B. T. KING.

WASHING MAUHINE.

No. 485,765. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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WASHING MACHINE. 7 No. 485,765 Patented Nov. 8, 1892. Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD T. KING, OF APPLETON CITY, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,765, dated November 8, 1892.

Application filed June 25, 1892- Serial No. 438,000. (No model.) I

State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention, the combined cover and table-top being arranged to form a table. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the cover being removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the cover. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the rubbing-frame. 7

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a washing-machine body supported by legs 2 and having a curved sheetlnetalbottom 3 andhaving journaled between its sides a shaft 4, carrying a corrugated roll 5, which operates in conjunction with a rubbing-frame 6. The shaft is squared at one end and adapted to receive a crank-handle, by means of which the roll is rotated.

The rubbing-frame is composed of curved side bars 8, inclined end bars 9, and a series of smooth rollers 10, which are journaled between the side bars and arranged adjacent to each other and located beneath the corrugated roll 5, and clothes being washed pass between the corrugated roll and the smooth rollers. The desired pressure is exerted upon the clothes being washed to produce the necessary friction to cause water to be forced through them to remove the dirt by spiral springs 11, which are arranged at the sides of the body, on the inner faces thereof, and have their upper faces attached to the same and their lower ends secured in longitudinal recesses of the side bars 8. The upward movement of the rubbing-frame 6 is limited by blocks 12, arranged at one end of the body and adapted to be engaged by the upper edges of the side bars, and a transverse cleat 13, which is arranged at the other end of the body and is engaged by the other ends of the side bars, and its upper and outer faces are curved to avoid sharp edges.

The bodyis provided with a cover 14, which is rectangular and is extended beyond the side and ends of the body to form a table-top, and it is secured to the body by books 15, pivoted to the ends of the body, and eyes 16, depending from the lower face of the combined table-top and cover. The combined table-top and cover is provided near its ends with transverse cleats 17, which [it within the body and are arranged adjacent to the ends thereof to prevent longitudinal movement of the combined table-top and cover and to avoid strain on the hooks and eyes.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction and that its cover is adapted to be readily employed as a table-top.

That I claim is In a washing-machine, the combination of a body provided at one end with a transverse cleat and having blocks arranged at its other end, a shaft journaled in the sides of the body, acorrugated roll mounted on the shaft, a rubbing-frame located beneath the corrugated rolls and com posed of side bars provided in their upper edges on their outer faces with longitudinal recesses and having their ends engaging the cleats and blocks, end bars disposed at an incline and connecting the side bars, and a series of smooth rollers arranged adjacent to one another and journaled between the side bars, and spiral springs having their lower ends arranged in the recesses of the side bars and having their upper ends attached to the body, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

R. T. KING.

Witnesses:

J OHN BALDWIN, E. MOCONNELL. 

